Show Your Baby And nd Nine n By Myrtle Meyer Moyer Eldred S Pica In tn medicine means an appetite appe appe- tI tit tite for the un uneatable The child suffering suffering suf sur fering from from pica nibbles the the- paint from his crib bites chunks of oft off Ills hits wooden to toys picks up ashes and coal and fuzz and hair and swallows them with relish Whatever the name the habit It Itself Itsell itself It- It self sell pl presents difficulties for the mother molher who Is trying to overcome HI ItI itI It H. I have been reading your our column and find much that is good in It comments Mrs A. A H H. F. F Jr I 1 am writing to you jou Olt In regard to my 13 old months-old daughter who has eleven teeth walks alks all over goes sees to bed bcd at and sleeps until 7 1 STRANGE APPETITE I She refuses to cat cereal potatoes baked custard or vegetables She will chew all the paint of off any chair she Is in Anything of paper wool or fu fuzz goes into her mouth if it I dont don't reach her in time I have ha tried hard to break her but WIth no result remIt as asyet yet She She- weighs twenty-one twenty pounds How can cnn I get set her to eat cat food and stop eating these other things I have havo tried letting her Iced feed herself but ut she throws the things on the L I I I floor or puts juts her hands into the food I Wrap her chair and bed with strips of adhesive tape or of U tightly wound muslin strips so that all surfaces are arc covered Keep painted toys away from her using plain wood celluloid or rubber toys Give her no to toys s 's with fuzz u or hair on them them good good advice for all aU babies babies- and aper a a- pcr per out of her hands Thus you have hae taken away all ll opportunities for her to indulge this habit i CHANGES IN DIET Encourage a better appetite by re reI restricting restricting re- re her meals to three a da day Feed regularly and cut down the amount of milk b by one half so that she will take the other half hal in the form of solid soUd food She will If it she Is hungry Put the spoon in her hand and show her how t to use ILIf it IL I If she begins to the food tood set the dish out of reach Some Sonic messiness i Is a n part of or the process of learning to eat and should not be treated too harshly Substitute araw taw ripe banana or a aripe aripe aripe ripe baked banana for cereal Sh She may accept that willingly Our feedIng feeding feedIng feed- feed Ing leaflet leanet Diet From Twelve to Eighteen n Months contains full menus for a week from which you ou can get some Idea of the various desirable desirable desirable desir desir- able combinations With your our re request request request re- re quest please send a self addressed stamped envelope to the Your Baby and land Mine department In hi care of this newspaper You may also give her on one half teaspoonful teaspoonful teaspoonful tea- tea spoonful of cod liver oil four times a day and one teaspoonful of dissolved dils- dils dis lis- solved yeast east or Brewers Brewer's yeast three times a day The first takes care of the vitamins A and D which she needs In her present limited diet and the latter a vitamin B product is a aspur aspur aspur spur to a better appetite Orange juice gives her an abundance of or vitamin vitamin vita vita- min mEn C. C The baby's present appetite for these peculiar pecullar substances is clearly the outgrowth of her limited diet for without any of oC the additional foods she is evidently trying to satisfy herself herself herself her her- self on milk alone If you cut down on the amount of or milk mUk using one- one half for drinking and aM the rest In the form l f the essential solid soUd foods this unnatural appetite should soon be corrected Tomorrow Dont R Regard rd Left- Left Handedness With Ith Horror |